National Republican., 1887-03-14

is not world for us to stop in. If we had u
bed of everything that was attractive and soft
and easy, what would we want of heaven
You think that the hollow tree sends the hor-
net, or you think the devil sends the hornet.
l want to correct your opinion. The Lord
sent the hornet.
upon us to culture onr patience. lii the gynn,-
iium you find upright parallel bars-biTs with
holes over each for pegs 10 be put In. Then
the gymnast takes a peg in each hand, and he
begins to climb one inch at time, or two
inches, and, getting his strength cultured,
reaches after awhile the ceiling; And IL seems
are TO climb higher and higher IN Christian at.
tsinmert We all love to SEQ patience. hut IL
cannot be cultured in fair weather, 1t Is n
sirsble aud there was nothing more to get,
What would you want with patience? The only
tine To- culture i o s When Yo are siandsEid GS
you say, "if only had the circumstances OF
some well to- do man would be patient, too"
You might wci soy "lt Il were ere, not for this
gun If IL were not for the caps" When you
stand chin deep IN hBnoyanGes Is the time fIr
you to swim out toward :ho great. head
lands Of Christian attainment, aud when
yonr life is loaied to the muzzle with
repnl,iye annoyance that is the time TO draw
the trigger. Nothing but the furnace will ever
burn out cf usthc clpker and the Stag. have
formed this theory In regard to small annoy
ances and yeXatious: 1t takes ju't so much
trouble to fit us for usefulness and for heaven.
The only question is, whether we shall take It
in the bulk or pulverized and granulated.
Here IS one man who takes It in the bulk. His
back is broken, orh his cycsght put out or some
the vast majority of people take tho thing
piccemeal. Which way would YOU rather
have it? OF course in piecemea. Better have
five aching teeth than one broken jaw. Better
ten iiy-blisteIs Than an amputatinn. Better
twenty squnlls than one cyclone. There may
be difference Of opinion as TO allop,thy aud
in 10 tss @aT of s1Ss
nOyance rather than some knnck-down dose
Of f,, calamity. Instead =, Of the thunder
sSn SSi have Evs bank You sa' wOniS hGF"s sroat
dtal rather that fifty men should come in
with checks less than Sl00 than to have two
depositors come In the same day each wanting
his, $4,000. In this latter case you cough and
look down at the floor and up ut the Gel ing be.
fore you look into the safe, Now. my fccnis.
would you not rather have these small drafIsof
n!lstnggt ring demand upon your endurance!
want TO mako yon so strong that You viii not
surrender TO small annoyances. In the village
sion of rats, and these small creatures almost
devoured the town and threatened the lives of
the population, and the story Is that q piper
tune, and all the vermin followed him-fol-
lowed him TO The banks of the Wvser, and
then be blew a blast and they dropped in aud
but wish ] con!d on the sweet flute of the.
Gosrel, draw iortn all the n6bling ana bur
lowing n0 nnn1ySanGIGs Of yonr e ana pav them
Of GN'e' 1 or' hss s'" lIsSrt ms c'9rs tae
AndCsY / suppose about fry III ,usand
touches, hear the eanya, sayins' Why
IN nc, one . dash y no" says hc artist it, XII Il kaS% ~
hey to mSfS e. Iainng 1t WI sSe Ny
my friends, to urdCrstaud that Il IL these ten
thonstnd anroynn With, under Cos, are
nGkil < up the pictnro Of yonr life; to be hung
at last III the galleries OF heiven. H. FOR angels
10 look at. Iod Knows how omakG picture.
go into foulllor's studio, aid see him
shaping sta,nc, Ne hns chisel lnoue hand
gentle sTokc-''licE, cl ck, click, say, why
don't yGu kHlc hGIdcrY" oh r. he replies,
"tlat Wul.d shnlt! The s0trc ] can't do 1t
on. ana a'tsr awhile the features come ont
and ever! hody that enters the studio iS
charmed and iaScIn niteA. We'll, col has your
il is thr lille snnoyRrces and vsx-
a,i0Is of life that are chiseling out yanr i'm.
m"iitl nature. IL Is click, click, CLICK. |
wonder why some great providence does not
toro, aud With one 5 IKE prepare yol for
heaven. All. no; tod says that sn1t the way.
ArdsO lie kr'rs Ou by strokes of little veSa
tior g. until ~ last y0n shall DO glad snectl-
large fortune may be spent In small change,
and a vast amount Of moral character may 20
away, IN Small ucpltu M " Is the llt'c
Troubles of life that are having more effect
uTon you than great ones swarm of
locusts will kill IL grain field sooner than the
iucursinn of three or four cattle. You say
"snce lost my child. since loStmy property
/ have been different man." hut YOU
do not tecgnige the architecture of lit.
tle hnnoyRnce9 that nIe hewing, digging,
cutting, shaping splitting, ana intetjOining
your moral qualities, Rats may sink Il ship.
one lucihr match may send destruction
through block Of storehouSes. Catherine do
Medcis Got her death from smelling IL poison
Gus rose. ColumbusSby stopping and asking